High-res 'bootsplash'

[John Richard Moser]

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Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 03:08:20PM +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote:
> 
>> I just read this blog entry from Debian planet, would this solve the
>> suspend problem with a high-res usplash?
>>
>> http://hughsient.livejournal.com/2591.html
> 
> Unlikely, I'm afraid. There /is/ a potential mechanism for this - rather 
> than using the kernel framebuffer driver, we could do vesa in userspace. 
> This has a couple of drawbacks (x86-specific, would probably need 
> additional code written in order to support amd64) but would allow 
> higher resolutions without being likely to break suspend/resume.
> 

Could use VESA kdrive, but uh.  Okay so kdrive is really lightweight and
all, but it's still, you know.  An X server.  It's BIG compared to a
single-function, tiny little program to scribble on the screen!

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